Is there a unified installer for BG1-EE v2.x mods (Steam/GoG compatible)
Feilakas
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Way back when I first tackled BG2 w/mods (10 years+) I strongly remember a windows graphical program more akin to a Linux package manager that would take care of literally everything.
It'd present all possible mods, provide detailed explanations what each one did, optionally offer presets (e.g. vanilla with bugfixes/improvements, recommended mods, total modifications etc) and, perhaps best of all, take care of everything from downloading the mods to properly installing them in the correct order and automatically resolving conflicts between them.
I'm currently using the 2.0.62.2 GoG version of BG1-EE and after having searched for quite a while I have found no traces of anything even remotely similar.
I tried manually installing only a handful of very base mods (BG1-NPC+Imoen Banter, BG1-UB, BG1-Tweaks) and still had trouble with overlapping features I didn't know about beforehand and tried to resolve on the spot with limited success.
I can't imagine the trouble I'd be in if I tried to venture any further than that.
It'd present all possible mods, provide detailed explanations what each one did, optionally offer presets (e.g. vanilla with bugfixes/improvements, recommended mods, total modifications etc) and, perhaps best of all, take care of everything from downloading the mods to properly installing them in the correct order and automatically resolving conflicts between them.
I'm currently using the 2.0.62.2 GoG version of BG1-EE and after having searched for quite a while I have found no traces of anything even remotely similar.
I tried manually installing only a handful of very base mods (BG1-NPC+Imoen Banter, BG1-UB, BG1-Tweaks) and still had trouble with overlapping features I didn't know about beforehand and tried to resolve on the spot with limited success.
I can't imagine the trouble I'd be in if I tried to venture any further than that.
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Do note however, that it will not provide more information than individual mod readmes, so features you didn't know beforehand might still be a problem. Also, version 2.0 is still fresh, some mods might contain unexpected incompatibilities, and we're still waiting for a new version of WeiDU to take care of Siege of Dragonspear - see https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50441/modmerge-merge-your-steam-gog-zip-based-dlc-into-something-weidu-nearinfinity-dltcep-can-use/p1
Perhaps a clearer name to differentiate the two would have been better?
In any case, yeah, I downloaded it and noticed several things pointing to being compatible with an older version. I've backed up my files so I might try this but I think I'm leaning more towards waiting for said update before doing a serious playthrough.
CheerS!
That being said, seriously doubt what you said.
The seriously doubt part again wasn't about WeiDU but simply about the "forever" part.
From the looks of it BG and I.E. have a lot more life left in them and I suspect in another 5 or 10 years new tools will have come to supplement or even replace the current ones.
On a related note, how does WeiDU decide which language to use? Mine seems to know I want english, but I can't find why does it know. And this potential java program would also possibly want to know.